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School: Cooley

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Cooly, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Beoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 363

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    The nails of your shoes.
    31. And went over sea sand I feel and broke my knee band, and all the men in sea sand couldn't cure my knee band.
    An egg.
    32. What goes into water red and comes out back.
    A coal.
    33. How many p's in a pint.
    One.
    34. It's twice in a moment and once in a minute and never in a year.
    M.
    What is worse than having a hole in your stocking.
    Having one in each stocking.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John G. Barr
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glencrow, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs William Barr
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glencrow, Co. Donegal